Welt-shoe



(No Model) A. REED- WELT SHOE. No. 563,803. Patented July 14, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATEN ADAM REED, OF SIXJOSEPl-I, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE J. lVINTER, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

WELT-SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,803, dated July 14, 1896.

Application filed September 27, 1895. Serial No. 568,893. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM REED, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Welt-Shoes; and I do de clare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of welt-shoes which have a cushionsolc arranged upon the inner side of the leather insole and interposed between said leather insole and a soft -leather covering connected by stitches with the insole; and it has for its general object to render such shoes easier of production and consequently cheaper by connecting the soft-leather covering to the insole by a single line of stitches in a simple and cheap manner, so as to hold the cushion-sole in position thereon and sons to permit of the leather insole being afterward placed upon a last and having the upper, its lining, and the welt connected to it by another single line of stitches.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of so much of a shoe as is necessary to illustrate my invention, with the parts in a position to better show the manner in which they are connected together; and Fig. 2 is a transverse section with the parts in their proper relative positi ons.

Referring by letter to said drawings, A indicates the leather insole of my improved shoe. The said insole A, as better shown in Fig. 2, has its under side slit or undercut adjacent to its edge, as indicated by a, and it also has its under side skived, as indicated by Z), to form the thin edge portion 0, the purpose and advantage of which will be presently described.

B indicates a tape of about the proportional width illustrated, which is preferably formed of a suitable piece of textile material and is designed to extend all around the edge of the insole A.

0 indicates the cushion-sole, which is by preference formed of lambs wool and covers the entire upper side of the leather insoleA, so as to render the shoe very comfortable to the wearer and promote the cure of callous growths by removing the cause of the same, which is the hard-leather insoles of the ordinary shoe.

D indicates the soi't-leather cover of the cushion-sole G,which is designed and adapted to entirely cover said cushion-sole and prevent perspiration and wear from deteriorating the same.

E indicates the upper of the shoe, F the lining of said upper, and G the welt.

In practicing myinvention and forming my improved shoe I take the leather insole above described and lay the tape B against the under side of the skived or thin portion 0 thereof and then connect the tape and such thin portion of the insole all around such insole by stitches cl, which take directly through the tape and the thin portion of the insole, as shown. These stitches (Z may be made by hand, but I prefer, for the sake of cheapness and expedition, to form them and connect the tape and insole by a sewing-machine, inasmuch as the thin edge portion 0 of the insole and the fact that the tape is connected to said insole before any of the other parts admit and are designed to admit of the employment of a machine for such purpose.

hen the tape 13 has been properly connected to the insole A, as just described, the cushion-sole O is placed upon the upper side of the insole and is preferably connected by cement thereto, after which the soft-leather cover D is placed upon the cushion G and is connected at its edge by the stitches e to the tape B. These stitches e are formed by hand, and the cover D and edge of the tape B are of such a size with respect to the insole A that when the stitches are drawn taut by the sewer the contiguous edges of the tape and cover will be drawn togethc r and the tape will be drawn tight over the edge of the insole, so as not to materially increase the width of the shoe, and the tape 13 will rest snugly against ICO the under side of the thin portion a of the sole, so as not to render the shoe unsightly or clumsy in appearance.

The cushion 0, its cover D, and the tape B having been connected with the insole A and together, as just described, the said insole is ready for the connection of the upper E, its lining F, and the welt G. This is accomplished by placing the sole A and its connected parts upon a last with the soft-leather cover D next to the last, then placing the upper and its lining on the last and lasting the upper and lining to and upon the bottom side of the insole and then connecting the welt G, the upper E, and the lining F to the insole A by a single line or row of stitches H, which take only through the undercut portion of the insole and through the parts mentioned-Viz the welt G, upper E, and lining F-in the manner better shown in Fig. 2.

The outer Walking or tap sole (not illustrated) may be and preferably is put on in the Way ordinarily practiced in making shoes.

It will be observed from the foregoing that the manner described of connecting the tape B to the insole A, and the cover D to said tape, so as to hold the cushion-sole G in posi tion and protect the same, is very cheap and simple and may be quickly and easily accom plished in the manner described, which materially reduces the cost of this part of the shoe. It will also be observed that the connection of the parts above mentioned to the insole A is entirely independent of the connection of the upper E, its lining F, and the welt G. This is highly desirable, since it admits of the connection of the tape 13, cushion O, and cover D to the insole A being quickly accomplished with a sewing-machine by one person, who may or may not be a shoemaker, and the connection of the upper E, its lining F, and the welt G, as well as the connection of the Walking-sole, which is common in welt shoemaking,'bein g accomplished by a shoemaker of ordinary skill. Indeed, when desired, soles A, of various sizes and shapes, with the tape 13, cushion C, and cover D, connected thereto, as described, may, with advantage, be placed upon the market as articles of manu facture and worked into shoes in the same manner as ordinary soles by shoemakers or ordinary skill.

In addition to the foregoing it will be ob served that my improvements do not add greatly to the expense of a shoe and that they do not in any appreciable degree add to the width, size, and weight of the shoe, which is an important advantage.

Having described my invention, what I claim isi The herein-described shoe consisting essentially of the leather insole A, having the undercut a, in its under side and also having such under side skived to form the thin edge portion 0, the tape B, resting partly beneath and flat against the thin edge portion 0, of the insole, the vertical stitches d, taking directly through and connecting the tape B. and the thin edge portion of the insole A, the cushion-sole C, arranged upon the upper side of the insole A, the soft-leather cover D, arranged upon the cushion-sole, the stitches a. connecting the contiguous edges of the tape B, and cover D, and serving to draw the tape tight against the insole, the upper E, lapped against the tape B, the welt G, laid against the lapped portion of said upper and the single line or row of stitches H, separate from the stitches e, and connecting the undercut portion of the insole A, the upper and the welt, all as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ADAM REED.

\Vitnesses:

FRED A. H. GARLIOHs, ROBERT S. FRY. 

